Surfacing assumptions is a core coaching competency that supports building the trusting and empowering partnership between the coach and the client, and also allows for authentic coaching to happen. However, mastering this competency could be equally valuable for each of you both in life and in work.
What assumptions actually do is putting you in a closed box where you find yourself alone with your judgmental thoughts. They close the doors for exploration of other truths and other perspectives. They trap you in your own emotionally charged views and enhance your own belief behind the assumptions you are making. How is this helping you? Only you have the answer. Whatever it is, it's worth to bring your assumptions to the surface and examine them.
Imagine the opposite. You are not making assumptions. Instead of putting a label on something or somebody, you rush to explore what is it out there, what can you discover, how you can inform yourself further and enhance your own knowledge. You discover that there is so much uniqueness in the world, so much to learn, so much to explore... How does this sound to you?
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